REGIONAL COMPLEX PAIN SYNDROME - ORTHOPEDIC DISEASES

How to Treat Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy



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Treatment for reflex sympathetic dystrophy can be done with medications, physical therapy and acupuncture that relieve pain and swelling. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy is characterized by sudden onset of severe pain and swelling that may arise in a leg and foot or in an arm and hand. These symptoms usually arise after a trauma at the affected site, which can be a fall or a fracture, for example, and often the pain felt is much larger than expected for the trauma that occurred